Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 555-559 , May 2007

Mirror Therapy Enhances Lower-Extremity Motor Recovery and Motor Functioning After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Serap Sütbeyaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • IVth Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Gunes Yavuzer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gunes Yavuzer, MD, PhD, Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi, Baris Sitesi 87. sok No: 24, Ankara 06800, Turkey
    • ,
  • Nebahat Sezer, MD

      Affiliations

    • IVth Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • B. Füsun Koseoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • IVth Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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PII: S0003-9993(07)00171-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.034

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 555-559 , May 2007

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